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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1964
Page
6
A PTA update notes weekly ties and future branch rotations, plus a gallery viewing plan. Ramon Velasquez meets boxing official John Mendoza in Las Vegas. Mrs. Solomon asks county commissioners why library funding is lacking and suggests a city county library. Young Democrats plan asks for weather and fashion tips for visitors. advice adds bring money.
This Sunday is Australia Day marking the January 26 1788 landing of the first British settlers on the island. Ruthe D. notes the date as a defining national event and urges readers to observe.
Harris survey shows Johnson preferred by Southerners and many white voters as a moderating figure on race. About a third of Southerners and Negroes say being a southerner matters, with whites largely loyal and Negroes seeking repeated civil rights assurances.
The University of Nevada Board of Regents reversed a plan to back a state planning board condemnation of three acres of church land on the Nevada Southern campus in Las Vegas. The Roman Catholic Church and LDS Church parcels sparked dispute as building began and costs rose.
Las Vegas officers Burton Leves and Will Gilbert nabbed four suspects near the Phillips 66 on 1600 FE Charleston Blvd at 2 25 am yesterday, about 30 minutes after the robbery. Daniels Austin Scott 20 of the U S Naval Station San Diego and Michael S Lysle 19 of the Navy were arrested on suspicion of robbery along with Jerry B Reynolds 21 of North Las Vegas. Police say about 100 dollars was taken.
Mirin owner of Strip Cab Company awaits a Public Service Commission hearing on his taxi license. He has been arrested thrice for operating without a county license and may obtain a license only after PSC certificate approval. Local notices appeared as hearings loom Friday and Saturday.
Flood waters drop in the Pacific Northwest and Northeast as storms ease. Ice blocks Niagara plant near Horseshoe Falls forcing closure. Oregon roads flood recede with some still impassable. Arctic air brings record lows in North Dakota and Minnesota. winter carnival in St Paul sees cold, wind, and several injuries.
National briefs report NASA says Soviets will be ready to engage in communications experiments with Echo-2 within a week or two. Other items note Queen Frederika and Princess Irene visiting Washington, Johnson attending the Red Mass, and other political and legal updates.
A Tuesday robbery at Erlandson's es tablishment ended with suspect Spotts fatally shot after allegedly forcing entry, taking $112, and being pursued by the victim who fired six times as Spotts moved toward a gun. The suspect died. authorities trace him to a Ship Hotel in Birmingham and report a stepfather in Atlanta. Autopsy planned.
Winds reduced and about a dozen airplanes joined a search for a Cessna 195 missing since Friday over northern Colorado. Pilot Maynard Kurtz of Thornton, with passengers Edward Stachelek of Denver and George Garner of Thornton and instructor Frank Svatos of Thornton, disappeared after leaving Denver for Las Vegas. Stachelek had Las Vegas business. Garner and Stachelek were former law partners.
The trial of former Las Vegas police officer Joseph Henry Shepp resumes in District Court after a delay due to the illness of Judge William Compton. The 37 year old faces embezzlement charges over $450 entrusted to him for a bank deposit by the Review Journal on February 20, 1962. Attorney Herman Fisher Jr. represents the defendant with Deputy District Attorney Bill Freedman leading the prosecu tion.
Las Vegas police arrested Ralph McRoberts about 40 of 1150 Honolulu Ave after victims identified him as the Beer Barrel Bar robber. The Saturday night hold up at 7:45 p m netted about 400 dollars from bar patrons and the cash drawer, though only 100 dollars was recovered. McRoberts allegedly brandished a gun and struck a patron who was slow to move. He confessed during questioning.
A series of brief items reports street patrols in Tripoli after student riots backing Nasser and opposing Israel's water diversions, Soviet reaction to Johnson arms proposals, Panama professors urging U.S. talks termination, Rusk opening talks with Japan, Nkrumah’s virtual one man rule in Ghana, De Gaulle's expected China recognition, Erhard's visit to Italy, Sihanouk seeking reconciliation in Southeast Asia, Nehru greeted at Republic Day, and Ben Bella predicting an August Arab summit with harsh measures against Israel.
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